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Posts by Kara Swanson:

Last year, I went to the Editorial Freelancers Association conference in New York City. After the conference, I went out with two colleagues/friends, Christi McGuire and Kristen Steiffel, to see a Broadway play called Something Rotten. It’s a spoof of Shakespeare and musicals, and it was absolutely hysterical! Christi recently sent me the soundtrack CD, […]

A warm welcome to my guest blogger, Jeanette Hanscome! Jeanette is the author of five books, including Suddenly Single Mom, her first devotional for women. So happy to have her here! – Most of my writing flows from personal experience. My book Suddenly Single Mom is based on what God taught me during my first two […]

As a freelance editor, I have a natural bent toward critical analysis. It’s my job to catch mistakes and to consider how a piece of writing could be improved. This is both a blessing and a curse. It’s a blessing because I actually get paid to do something I love that comes naturally. But […]

A warm welcome to my guest blogger, Lori Freeland. Lori is a freelance editor and the author of Young Adult and Contemporary Romance. So glad to have her! … Ever feel like you fall short of the mark? Miss your best moments? Never make the cut. Always come in last? Feel free to substitute any […]

A warm welcome to my guest blogger, Beverly Nault, a contributor to the Fiction Lover’s Devotional series. Her story, “Camouflaged Christmas,” appears in 21 Days of Christmas. I’m excited for her blog post, one that comes just in time for Mother’s Day! … The account of Jesus’ first miracle always intrigues me because it’s […]

I just found out that The Chicago Manual of Style is coming out with a new edition in September. Here are just a few changes in the 17th edition: E-mail will become email (no hyphen). Internet will become internet (lowercased). The chapter on grammar and usage will contain more than thirty new sections on syntax. The […]

A warm welcome to my guest blogger and one of the contributors to 21 Days of Joy: Stories That Celebrate Motherhood, Mary DeMuth. Mary is the author of thirty-one books, including her latest: Worth Living: How God’s Wild Love Makes You Worthy. She has spoken around the world about God’s ability to re-story a life. You […]

In Francine Rivers’s new devotional Earth Psalms, she writes: Geese fly in a V formation. The goose in front actually creates air movement that makes flying easier for the birds behind. … The oldest and youngest geese fly at the back of the V and honk like a cheering section for those ahead. I purchased […]